Multipurpose garden tool

Details Multipurpose garden tool Multipurpose garden tool

1996-08-06

1998-06-16

Melius, Terry Lee

Earth working

Guided by walking attendant; supported, propelled, or held...

Hand tool

294 55, 7116, D8 10, A01B 102

Patent

active

057656487

ABSTRACT:
A multipurpose garden tool and method for indoor or outdoor gardening, planting, and soil working. The tool and method incorporate the capabilities of loosening, working, furrowing, trenching, digging, removing, and replacing soil; of setting and removing plants; of weeding; of scraping, emptying, or cleaning planters, pots, and other gardening containers, especially those having tight corners; and of cutting and removing plant roots and other obstacles found in or around soil. Preferred embodiments of the tool aspect of the invention provide a generally dished blade with a highly curved, offset pointed tip for loosening and furrowing soil. Serrated blade edges for cutting of roots and other obstacles or debris are optionally provided. The method includes a procedure for loosening, furrowing, digging, and excavating soil with a single tool.

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